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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Animation
|extensions={{ext|mov}}
|released=1989
}}
'''Electronic Arts MOV''' files are used by the Electronic Arts game ''Cartooners'' (1988).

== Identification ==

The signature bytes at the start of the file are 10 10 DF 00.

== Format ==

=== Inf File Information ===

[[Endianness]]: big.

Extenstion: *.mov

Software: Cartooners 1988/1989 - by: Electronic Arts & IDTA

=== Inf File Layout ===

Begin Structure: Header.

	0x00	0x04 BYTES	Signature.

	0x04	0x20 BYTES	Palette. 0x04 nibbles repeated 0x10 times: {green, blue, null, red}.

	0x24	WORD		Unknown.

	0x26	WORD		Unknown.

	0x28	0x97 BYTES	Null.

	0xBF	0x20 BYTES	A second palette with the same format as the first palette.

	0xDF	WORD		Unknown.

	0xE1	WORD		Unknown.

End Structure


Begin Structure: Frame records.

	0xE3	WORD		Frame record count.

	Begin Structure Frame record (repeat [0xE3] times.

		0x00	WORD	Record length.


		Begin Structure Actor frame data (repeat for each actor.)

			0x00	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x01	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x02	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x03	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x04	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x05	BYTE	Actor's animation record index???

			0x06	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x07	WORD	The actor's horizontal position.

			0x09	WORD	The actor's vertical position.

		End Record


		Begin Structure Frame scene and music data.

			0x02	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x03	BYTE	Scene index: (0x00 = none, 0x01-0xFF??? = scene index.)

			0x04	BYTE	Unknown.

			0x05	BYTE	Music index: (0x00 = silence, 0x01-0xFF??? = music index.)

		End Structure

	End Structure

End Structure


Begin Structure External files.

	0x00	0x?? BYTES	List of external files. Each path is stored as follows:

				0x00	BYTE	Length of path.

				0x01	BYTE	Null.

				0x02	BYTES	Null terminated path.

End Structure


---THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS UNCERTAIN!!!---

Begin Structure Dialog entries.

	0x00	WORD		Index.

	0x02	0x0B BYTES	Unknown.

	0x0D	WORD		Vertical size.

	0x0F	WORD		Horizontal size.

	0x11	BYTE		Unknown.

	0x12	WORD		Balloon type.

	0x14	0x05 BYTES	Unknown.

	0x19	WORD		Text length.

	0x1B	0x03 BYTES	Unknown.

	0x1F	WORD		Palette color index.

	0x21	0x03 BYTES	Unknown.

	0x24	WORD		Alignment (0x00 = left, 0x01 = center).

	0x26	0x05 BYTES	Unknown.

	0x2B	WORD		Palette color index.

	0x2D	BYTES		Text.

End Structure


== See also ==

* [[Cartooners actor file]] (actor format used in Cartooners)

* [[Electronic Arts MUS]] (music format used in Cartooners)

[[Category:Game data files]]
[[Category:Electronic Arts]]